The Undergraduate Council (UC) voted Monday to withdraw from an Ivy League-wide forum for student governments because members said it is a waste of the UC’s money and members’ time.

At the final meeting of the semester, Harvard’s Head Delegate to the Ivy Council Samita A. Mannapperuma ’06, who sponsored the bill, said it was hard to motivate other schools to be productive at the meetings.

“Nothing really has happened tangibly,” Mannapperuma said.

The UC withdrew from the Ivy Council several years ago, citing similar complaints of inactivity, but decided to rejoin last spring after members of the Ivy Council Executive Board spoke to the UC.

UC Secretary and Ivy Council Delegate Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 argued vociferously against the UC’s removal from the forum.

“How arrogant are we?” Greenfield yelled. “I don’t understand where we got the impression that we can do this whole thing alone.”

The UC allocated $1,529.40 for involvement in the Ivy Council this year and was slated to host next year’s conference at Harvard.

The bill to withdraw from the Ivy Council passed 19-4-4. The 27 members voting on the bill just exceeded the 26 required to be present for a vote, as the UC fought to maintain a quorum for its fourth consecutive reading period meeting.

Yale’s Head Delegate to the Ivy Council Wells O’Byrne ’07 said that Yale will give the Ivy Council “a chance” but that he understood the UC’s decision to withdraw.

“This is a rebuilding year for them and we owe it to them to stick with it and see what can happen,” said O’Byrne.

The UC also passed a bill Monday calling for increased availability of first-aid kits campus-wide. The proposal, which has been discussed by the College’s Safety Committee, will now be considered by the Committee on House Life, according to UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06.

At the end of the meeting, Glazer said that the 68 pieces of legislation adopted this semester surpasses any known UC record.

In wrap-up speeches, UC leaders touted bills that advocated for modified blocking groups and extending dining hall and library hours as effecting change for the student body this semester.

“In only five months, think about all the work we’ve done,” Glazer said.

Finance Committee Chair Blake M. Kurisu ’06 said that his committee had awarded 1,088 grants to student groups this year.